Field Notes
Insights, guides, and trends from the team building commerce on Shopify, for operators in wholesale, distribution, and manufacturing. New to a term? See the B2B glossary.
Parts Diagrams Selling Parts by Diagram: Exploded Parts Diagrams Online
How exploded parts diagrams become a shoppable ordering surface: live callouts, multi-part carts, and the wrong-part returns they prevent.
Medical Supply Dental Supply Ecommerce: Consumables, Instruments & Equipment Catalogs
How dental supply distributors structure ecommerce across consumables, instruments, and equipment: reorder speed, spec depth, and a real quote path.
Building Materials Connecting Your Building-Materials ERP (Epicor & Others) to Shopify
How to sync a building-materials ERP like Epicor to Shopify: large variant-heavy catalogs, layered contractor pricing, and what should stay ERP-side.
Agriculture Precision Ag Technology: Selling Complex Equipment Online
Why precision ag equipment is hard to sell online, and the fix: machine-based configuration, compatibility-ruled bundles, and quotes for fleet deals.
Agriculture Selling Tractor & Implement Parts Online With Fitment
How to sell tractor and implement parts online: make/model fitment from OEM parts book data, serial-range accuracy, and diagram-based ordering that works.
Building Materials Roofing & Siding Supply Online: Bundles, Coverage Calculators & Quotes
How roofing and siding distributors sell online: coverage calculators that turn measurements into orders, bundled systems, and quotes for project work.
Construction Contractor Pricing & Account Tiers on Shopify
How to enforce contractor pricing on Shopify B2B: tiers as catalogs plus price lists, spec accounts with real roles, and approval flows for exceptions.
Automotive Part Number Lookup and Fitment Search on Shopify: Resolving Whatever the Buyer Types
How part number lookup and fitment search work on Shopify: the three cross-reference mappings, three implementation routes, and why the data comes first.
Automotive Aftermarket Auto Parts Ecommerce: The Complete Guide
How aftermarket auto parts ecommerce actually works: ACES/PIES fitment data, Year-Make-Model search, B2B accounts, and the stack that keeps returns down.
Medical Supply Selling Durable Medical Equipment (DME) Online: Configurable & Spec Orders
How DME sellers handle configurable products online: configure-to-order with constraint logic, quote-to-order for spec work, and where each path fits.
Medical Supply Wholesale Medical Supplies: Pricing Tiers, Net Terms & Reordering
How wholesale medical supply buyers actually order: tiered pricing they can see, net terms at checkout, and reordering fast enough to keep them off the phone.
Medical Supply The Medical Supply Distributor's Guide to B2B Ecommerce
What a medical supply distributor needs to sell B2B online: contract and GPO pricing, license-gated catalogs, ERP sync, and reordering buyers actually use.
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